![]() ![]() There is also a plaque, a tree and two smaller paintings of Mr Hill and Olympic gold medal-winner and triathlon world champion Flora Duffy. The area dedicated to Mr Hill was sectioned off with a boxing ring-style border. I was born on Parsons Road, but this is my ‘hood.” He added: “This is my ‘hood, even though I wasn’t born on Angle Street. Mr Hill, who grew up near the garden, said that he was “tickled pink” to have his achievements marked. The six-foot portrait of Clarence Hill was installed in Rosalie Gardens on Pembroke’s Angle Street and part of the land was dubbed the Clarence Hill Sports Arena. Heavyweight hero: Clarence Hill, an Olympic bronze medal winner in boxing, with a life-size painting of himself (Photograph by Akil Simmons)Ī life-size painting of Bermuda’s first Olympic medal winner yesterday found a home in a public garden. ![]()
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